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April 7, 2008: InsideHoops.com editor Jeff Lenchiner reports that the 2008 EBC at Rucker Park season will kick off on June 16.

TRY OUT FOR EBC DREAM TEAMBy InsideHoops.com, May 5, 2007

The fans spoke, and the EBC heard them. After numerous requests from ballplayers the world over, InsideHoops.com announces that the EBC, the famous league at Rucker Park, have decided to bring true fan representation to the court itself. The Entertainer’s Basketball Classic are proud to announce the EBC Dream Team. The team is to be composed entirely of fans of the playing in the league for the first time. Beware, they are not the most famous competitive summer league for nothing; only the most talented will be chosen.
Tryouts will be held Monday May 21, 2007 from 6 to 9 pm, at the Kennedy Center, 34 West 135th Street, between Lenox and 5th Avenues, New York, NY. For directions, please call (212) 862-6401. For more information, please call (212) 862-2323. Come out, bring your game and become a part of the legend.

June 20, 2006: The 2006 EBC at Rucker Park season began Monday night, and naturally, InsideHoops.com was in the house. It was a hot start. The park wasn't overflowing, but it was mostly full. In the first game, Joakim Noah (Florida Gators), Dahntay Jones (Memphis Grizzlies) and Talik Brown (former UConn) were on the floor. Jones didn't fare too well, mostly using his athletic ability to try to force the action inside but missing plenty of shots. Brown was actually terrible, and repeatedly clowned by the live announcers, who all game announced that Talik has no jump-shot. Noah on several plays showed his ball-handing ability, having fun on one play by dribbling against pressure in the backcourt, without turning over the rock. But the true star was a player nicknamed "Africa," who unleashed some amazing dunks. On one play he missed a 360, but the actual attempt was awesome enough to bring fans to their feet. InsideHoops.com main man High Octane was also on the floor. And another InsideHoops.com main man, Alimoe (aka Black Widow) was there, to watch. Both Alimoe and High Octane told InsideHoops.com that they aren't with AND1 right now. In the second game, yet another InsideHoops.com main man White Chocolate took the floor. And although he's awesome, it was getting late and we took off. We'll be sure to catch him next time. Also appearing on EBC opening night was DMC (from Run DMC).

InsideHoops.com had heard that Chris Paul was supposed to play, but unless he showed up really late in the evening, CP3 didn't make it. Also, rapper DMX was supposed to show up -- but, same deal as with CP3.

There is also EBC America, which involves day or weekend-long mini-tournaments in other cities, with the winners from each city coming to Rucker Park for a week-long EBC America Playoffs. But we don't know if EBC America, which has gone on for just a few summers, will continue or not this summer.

The EBC Women's schedule is also eight weeks long, with the playoffs in the ninth week.

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2005 EBC RUCKER PARK STREETBALL PLAYOFFS

BLACK WALL STREET BEATS D-BAND FOR CHAMPIONSHIP

In a thrilling, double-overtime battle, Black Wall Street beat D-Band for the 2005 EBC streetball championship. InsideHoops.com was in the house, and late Sunday night we'll post the longest game recap you'll find anywhere on the web.

These are quick recaps of previous playoff days.

The EBC America playoffs begin Monday, and InsideHoops.com will post daily game recaps.

In the night's other matchup, Full Surface/Ruff Ryders (ranked #4 in their division) beat Don Diva (ranked #1) 80-53. After an incredible season, Don Diva just didn't come to play today. In the win for FS/RR, Kenny "West Nile" Satterfield had 29 points, Kevin "Ring My" Bell had 15, Ty Grant had 13, and Jerry McCullough had 10. In the loss, Corey "Homocide" Williams had 17 points, Larry "Bone Collector" Williams had 14, and Brian "Finisher" Oumar had 11 with 4 rebounds. It was an off-day for InsideHoops.com favorites Homocide and Bone Collector, and none of their teammates stepped up at all.

In the night's second battle, defending champion Terror Squad (ranked #3 in their division) beat Rich Soil Monstars (ranked #2) 71-60. Terror Squad has a few players gone from last year's team (the Beast is the biggest subtraction), but InsideHoops.com still considers them very strong. In the win, Kareem "Big Game" Reid lived up to expectation and unleashed 33 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists. Also in the win, Gordy Malone had 16 points and 8 rebounds, and Darren "DP" Phillips had 11 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists.

Wednesday, August 17:

In the EBC streetball final four, Black Wall Street faced Terror Squad, and D-Band faced Full Surface/Ruff Ryders. InsideHoops.com shares what went down:

In the night's first battle, D-Band (#2) beat Full Surface/Ruff Ryders (#4) 78-68. In the win, Adrian "Whole Lotta Game" Walton had 22 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists, and a whole buncha big dunks that put a real exclamation mark on the win. Also in the win, Curtis Stinson had 19 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists, Joakim Noah had 19 points and 8 big rebounds, and Antawn Dobie had 9 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists. In the loss, Kenny Satterfield had 24 points, 2 rebounds and 4 assists, John "Franchise" Strickland had 15 points and a quiet 4 rebounds, Kevin Bell had 11 points, and Phil Grant had 10. D-Band had too much talent across the board. In the win, Danny Green had a few nice plays as well. After this performance, InsideHoops.com feels that D-Band is the favorite to win the championship.

In the second game, Black Wall Street (ranked #1) beat defending champion Terror Squad 72-71. The depth and overall contributions from the entire Black Wall Street team is what took Terror Squad out. In the win, Junie "GE" Sanders had 17 points, InsideHoops.com main man Abdul Mills had 16, James "Stix" Williams had 13, James "Speedy" Williams had 9 points with 5 rebounds, and Shawn Simpson had 8 with 7 big rebounds. In the loss, Kareem Reid had 24 points and 4 assists, Darren Phillips had 21 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists, but barely anyone else on Terror Square stepped up when it mattered most. Reggie Freeman, Richie Parker, Gordy Malone and Anthony Glover combined for 24 points and 10 rebounds. That's not enough. Fat Joe's streetball team goes down.

August 12, 2004: InsideHoops.com met with rapper Fat
Joe, who owns the Terror Squad EBC team at Rucker Park, to talk about basketball
and the latest with him. Check it out.

EBC RUCKER PARK PLAYOFFS RESULTS

Monday: With superstars such as Lloyd Banks, Beanie Siegel and InsideHoops.com
editor Jeff Lenchiner in the park, Monday featured one upset and one expected
victory. In the first game of the night, Andre Barrett and Ruff Ryders were too
much for Charles Jones and Shady Records. It was a tie game (70-70) with under
ten seconds left when Barrett, guarded by Jones, drove down the middle (slightly
from the left side of the top of the key), took it inside slightly from the left
side of the paint and hit a twisting reverse layup from the right. Shady Records
with just a few seconds left fired a half-court airball to end it. In between
games, a dunk contest was won by Skywalker (more details later). InsideHoops.com
approves of his victory. In one dunk he lined up five people and launched himself
over them. In the second game of the night, Terror Squad beat Universal/SRC. Terror
Squad is without Stephon Marbury (Olympics preparation) and John Strickland (overseas
maybe?) but still had Kareem Reid, Zach Marbury, William "Beast" McFarlan and
the Ponytail Gangsta. Reid did a lot of missing in the first half, but Beast and
Ponytail were there to clean up the mess. Reid also hit those two with tons of
great passes, leading to dunks. Terror Squad was just too big and aggressive to
handle.

Shady Records (7-0) vs Ruff Ryders (4-3). In Shady's most recent game, Larry “Bread
& Butter” Jones, Jason McLeish and Shannell “Sha” Mack stepped up. As for Ruff
Ryder, Andre "The One" Barrett is the team's weekly star, Kenny Satterfield
has been known to sometimes play for the squad, Tyrone “Black Widow” Evans sometimes
plays, , and Jamar “Pharmacist” Davis puts on a show while helping the team. And
don't forget Phil Grant.

Terror Squad (6-1) vs Universal/SRC (4-3). Terror Squad are the current EBC champions,
as we assume you read InsideHoops.com's recap of the final "game" last season
(heh). Stephon Marbury usually plays for Terror Squad when they need him to, plus
Zach Marbury, Kareem "Best Kept Secret" Reid, William "Beast" McFarlan and Richie
Parker make them a fearsome unit. As for Universal/SRC, you need to watch out
for Jameel Haywood, Laron “Mapp” Mapp, Bobby Mahoney and Andrew Adeleke.

TERROR SQUAD 66, FAMILY TREE 55 - Terror Squad, the defending
EBC champions (they won by default over S.Carter, who literally failed to show
up to the 2003 championship game that did not get played - and yes, InsideHoops.com
was in the building... err, park) was loaded to open the season, with Stephon
Marbury, Zach Marbury, Kareem "Best Kept Secret" Reid, Omar Cook, John
Strickland, Gordy Malone, Richie Parker and William "Beast" McFarlan.
Terror Squad won with a total team effort - 16 from Gordy Malone, 13 from Best
Kept Secret, 10 from Beast and 10 from Darren "DP" Phillips. For Family
Tree, Rasaun Young scored 18, and James "Speedy" Williams and Junie
"GE" Sanders each scored 11.

DEFINITION 90, WWE 79 - It was cold again at Rucker Park,
so Definition unleashed Antifreeze. Antwan "Antifreeze" Dobie, who is
tearing it up this summer, scored 24, and Anthony "Africa" Pimple and
Anthony Glover each scored 17. Ron Artest and brother Danny were also contributors
in the win. For the losing team, Steve Burtt Jr. racked up 28 and Ramel Allen
21, but Aaron "Ponytail Gangsta" Lesane was one of the only guys to
step up. Not enough help.

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2003 EBC RUCKER PARK STRETBALL FEATURES

Mousey Interview
One of the most well known coaches in the EBC at Rucker Park, Mousey has enjoyed
his share of success. Insidehoops.com met with him to discuss streetball. Sept
7, 2003

EBC
Rucker Park ChampionshipInside Hoops squeezed into Rucker Park for the 2003 EBC championship game.
Would Marbury, Telfair, Jamal Crawford and Rafer Alston all battle? The battle
of all battles did not happen. Read this exclusive report. Aug 19, 2003

EBC Playoffs
Rucker Park Final 4The Entertainer's Basketball Classic final four was Wednesday night at
Rucker Park. InsideHoops.com was there and brings you the results. The championship
game is tonight. Aug 14, 2003

Harlem
ShakeInsideHoops.com presents an exclusive interview with the man known in Harlem
for inventing the Harlem Shake, a dance that has spread far beyond the island
of Manhattan. Aug 13, 2003

August 11, 2003: EBC Rucker Park Playoffs: The
EBC playoffs begin tonight at Rucker Park. Games start around 6pm or so. To get
in, you probably need to get there at least 90 minutes in advance. InsideHoops.com
gets in via private helicopter service, so we're all set.